Oil Price Asian buyers could reduce intake of term supplies from Saudi Arabia in January and look to buy more spot crude cargoes after the world’s top crude exporter reduced the price of its oil to Asia by less than expected, traders and refiners told Bloomberg on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia cut the price of its flagship crude, Arab Light, loading in January for
Today RIYADH :Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for hastily arranged talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on oil, Gaza and Ukraine. It was not immediately clear what Putin, who has rarely left Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, intends to raise specifically about oil or geopolitics in a face-to-face meeting with the crown
Oil Price Iran expects its oil production to rise to 3.6 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of the current Iranian year in March 2024, from around 3.3 million bpd now, Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji has said. The minister talked about Iranian oil production during a visit by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to the headquarters of the Ministry of
Investing LONDON – Oil prices firmed on Tuesday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) raised its demand growth forecasts, adding to bullish sentiment from the previous day’s OPEC guidance, while U.S. data showed inflation in the world’s biggest economy was slowing. Brent crude futures were up 61 cents, or 0.7%, to $83.13 a barrel by 1429 GMT. U.S. WTI crude futures
Oil Price The world faces the highest geopolitical risks since the 1973 oil embargo, the chief executive of one of the largest oilfield service providers, Baker Hughes, told the Financial Times. “From a historical context I’ve heard people say, you go back to the oil embargo of 1973 — that being somewhat similar,” Baker Hughes CEO Lorenzo Simonelli told FT in an
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Israel’s natural gas flows to Egypt have increased as much as 60% this month, according to a person familiar with Egyptian imports, as safety concerns from the war with Hamas eases and a major natural gas field resumes production. Shipments have risen to 350-400 MMcfd from about 250 MMcfd earlier in November, the person said, asking
Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) — Oil gained after Saudi Arabia and Russia reaffirmed they will stick with oil supply curbs of more than 1 million barrels a day through the end of the year. West Texas Intermediate crude increased more than 2% to trade above $82 a barrel. The announcement by the OPEC+ heavyweights on Sunday came after concerns about weaker global
Nasdaq Slow global economic growth will keep crude prices anchored below $90 a barrel this year and next, unless the Israel-Hamas conflict draws in more countries in the Middle East and exacerbates supply tightness, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday. A survey of 40 economists and analysts forecast Brent crude LCOc1 would average $84.80 a barrel this year, and $86.62 in 2024,
Nasdaq WASHINGTON – The World Bank said on Monday it expected global oil prices to average $90 a barrel in the fourth quarter and fall to an average of $81 in 2023 as slowing growth eases demand, but warned that an escalation of the latest Middle East conflict could spike prices significantly higher. The World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Oil is here to stay as U.S. majors strike blockbuster deals while Saudi policies are helping stabilize global crude markets, the kingdom’s energy minister said at the annual investment forum in Riyadh. “It’s working,” Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said of Saudi Arabia’s strategy for managing the oil market. The kingdom has to “ensure
Oil Price The United States is likely to tighten the sanction enforcement on Iran’s crude oil exports over the Hamas-Israel war and the Iranian backing of Hamas, Helima Croft, the head of global commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, told CNBC on Wednesday. “The Biden administration is desperate to contain this war, they clearly do not want it spilling beyond Gaza,”
CNBC Oil prices slipped on Monday as investors continued to focus on the situation in the Middle East, where diplomatic efforts are intensifying in an attempt to contain the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Oil slips as investors watch diplomatic moves in Gaza war Brent crude futures fell 63 cents, or 0.7%, to $91.53 a barrel, as of 9:41 a.m.
